README.md

BoxCar API

This is a node.js non-blocking API consumer for the BoxCar push notification service. BoxCar Api is an EventEmitter that emits 'response' on completion. You can push notifications as yourself (a user) or as a provider.

Installation

npm

$ npm install boxcar

github

$ git clone git@github.com:devdazed/boxcar-api.git

Basic Usage

The constructor takes 2 arguments, the fist is your Provider Key, the second is your secret key. Your secret key is only required if using 'broadcast' or 'notifyService'

var boxcar = require('boxcar');
var provider = new boxcar.Provider('your_provider_key', 'your_provider_secret');
//to brodcast a message to your all of the users in your service
provider.broadcast('This is a test', 'FooBar');
//send a message to a user directly
provider.notify('foo@bar.com', 'Hi FooBar!');
//subscribe a current boxcar user to your service
provider.subscribe('foo@bar.com');
//to send yourself messages you can use the user api
var user = new boxcar.Provider('your@email.com', 'your_boxcar_password');
user.notify('Hai Me!');

Advanced Usage

When using notify and broadcast you can specify additional parameters, an explanation of parameters is below.

Parameters

message: The message to display to the user. This message should be at a maximum somewhere around 140 characters in length. Longer messages will be truncated depending on the client receiving it.

fromScreenName: The user or application sending the notification. This is matched for the redirect performed by Boxcar (if set by the user).

fromRemoteServiceId: An integer value that will uniquely identify the notification, and prevent duplicate notifications about the same event from being created.

redirectPayload: The payload to be passed in as part of the redirection URL. Keep this as short as possible. If your redirection URL contains "::user::" in it, this will replace it in the URL. An example payload would be the users username, to take them to the appropriate page when redirecting.

sourceUrl: This is a URL that may be used for future devices. It will replace the redirect payload.

iconUrl: This is the URL of the icon that will be shown to the user. Standard size is 57x57.